August 25th in the wee hours

Okay, so here's an actual blog...
So, after i talked to my parents tonight, I went to use the washer. Oh what an adventure that was. So, i pried on every part of the tiny door trying to figure out how the damn thing opens. I pressed all the buttons and couldn't figure anything out. Right as I was about to give up, or knock on someones door a guy comes out of his room and introduced himself. Luckily he spoke very good english and helped me with the door. You had to press the on button and then another button i now know is door, deur, which i pressed earlier, but obviously not in the right set of buttons. So he showed me how to use the washer, which was very nice.
I guess everyone is just getting back from holiday and that's why the kitchen and everything is so dirty. He said there are no rules on our floor, so just use whatever I like. I guess it's pretty good that I know that now because tomorrow the american girl and i were going to go shopping for more kitchen supply type things. But, now i know i can use a skillet and things like that it will be easier. But, it kind of sucks there are no rules for cleaning, i asked if they took turns and he pretty much just said no. He seems very nice, i ended up talking to him for about an hour, he said he'd show me around the city if i like and if i had any other questions feel free to ask. : )
Okay, so most of you im sure know i went to amsterdam on thursday, which seems so long ago to me now. It was fun, we went on a boat canal tour, not quite like i expected. I thought it might be a bit more exciting, and plus i had to shi shi the whole time, so i couldnt really concentrate on much else. haha. well, we went straight from the buses onto the boats, so there really wasnt any time for anything. But, it was very disappointing because the windows were not so clear, so i didnt take any pictures in the boat, i dont think they wouldve come out so well. But, we did learn a lot about the history of amsterdam and the canals with the tour. The man said they use the canal water when distilling beer and send off the heineken to the u.s. and other places and thats why the bottles are green, but we were lucky because we were in amsterdam and they kept the real stuff (theyre in brown bottles here). haha. But i think one of the hungary girls misunderstood, because later on she was saying how gross it was that they used to use the canal water for beer. hahaha. its so much fun being around foreign students, you never know what will come next.
They call me their living dictionary because most of the students understand a little (some more) english, and no dutch, so they all look to the american and english (one), scottish (one), irish (two), and canadian (only one) people for translations. But, sometimes i feel really stupid because even i dont know what something is called, or have to think about what i would say. It was pretty funny when we were at the farm this weekend and another american girl, and a hungary girl and me went to take a shower and we were having troubles with how the shower worked. Mine was the only one that seemed to work okay. It was one of those showers that you had to keep pressing a button for the hot water every couple of seconds to continue. Well, the hungary girl was having problems and couldnt get her water to shut off, so she was asking me how to shut off the water. I asked if she could press the button again, she said no, and i asked if she could twist it. Mind you we're all in shower stalls next to each other showering. While talking and trying to shower and press the stupid button at the same time. So, i asked if she could twist it, she said, what does it mean to twist? haha. So, as im showering, pressing the button, and trying to think how to explain what it means to twist. Those kinds of moments are the priceless ones.
Also the farm had a ping pong table, a foosball(?) table, and a swing set, monkey bars, see saw and one of those things you sit and spin on, a merry-go-round kind of things. so, a couple of hungary girls were with me and asking what the playground things were called. i never thought of see saw, monkey bars, and merry-go-round as funny words until i heard the foreign students smiling and saying them. i'm sure its really confusing also when there are so many different kinds of english speakers who all say words and phrases differently to learn english. haha. today i made the mistake of saying 'fly by the seat of my pants', and ive really tried to not say the weird phrases and things that i never used to notice i say, but luckily it was around the american girl, who still didnt know what i was saying and asked me to repeat it. haha, shed never hear the phrase before.
When i was talking with the guy on my floor i was telling him that the international students sometimes dont know what im saying and the weird phrases i use and gave the 'fly by the seat of my pants' example, and had to explain to him what it meant. ive never had to do that kind of thing before. Or have to stop in the middle of a conversation to explain how to use a verb, or which is a better way of saying a phrase. It definately shows me how silly english is and how much we seem to make up.
So, I've rambled on i think enough, didnt really tell much about amsterdam or the farm, but both were just okay. ill put pictures of amsterdam up now, and of the farm later. my camera battery is dead, so it might take some time for those pictures. Tonight is the first night in a week i havent gone out to a pub or cafe, it feels kind of nice to just relax and hang out. im sure tomorrow after the bbq though well be going to a pub. i dont know how the dutch have as much energy as they do.
But, goodnight for now, ill try to write when i get more free time.
Tot Ziens!